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Could Canary Islands be through the worst of Covid-19 already?
A spokesman for the scientific committee that advises the Government of the Canary Islands on the coronavirus, Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health (ULPGC), Lluis Serra, said on Friday that "without any doubt" the peak of infections in the Canary Islands has already past and that in his opinion that restrictions on confinement may be lifted, in a progressive manner as we move through April. Of course, he warned during an interview on Canarias Radio that the "battle is not won",...
Half a million masks and nearly 60,000 diagnostic test kits arrive on Canary Islands
Two planes chartered by the Canary Islands Government landed on Wednesday with a million and a half masks and nearly 60,000 diagnostic kits for use by the healthcare professionals working in the fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. This was reported today by the president of the regional Executive, Ángel Víctor Torrres, through his account on the social network Twitter, in which he added that this material will be distributed throughout the Islands. The first shipment purchased...
The Canary Islands have detected 1,380 cases of coronavirus COVID-19, 77 discharged 62 dead
The Canary Islands Government Ministry of Health have confirmed a cumulative total of 1,380 cases of coronavirus COVID-19. Of these, 532 people have required hospitalisation and 110 of those have needed the ICU. 77 have been discharged from hospital and 62 have died. There are 277 healthcare personnel affected by coronavirus. Number of cases by islands Tenerife has detected 826 positive cases, Gran Canaria 384, Fuerteventura 32, Lanzarote 59, La Palma 68, El Hierro 3, La Gomera 8, La Graciosa...
Rapid drive-through testing for coronavirus begins at the Elder Museum
The Canary Islands Ministry of Health have announced that they will this week start to take diagnostic test samples for COVID-19 from a special facility erected at the ground floor of the Elder Museum of Science and Technology in the capital, for any professionals who present symptoms of respiratory infection, without the subject having to leave their vehicle. The first 30 or so people, this Tuesday, who were able to access this test sampling point, are mainly healthcare personnel,...
Coronavirus crisis: New government measures announced
The Council of Ministers (The Spanish Cabinet) have this Tuesday approved a law by royal decree that aims to extend all the measures already implemented to help mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 crisis by keeping the assistance in place for at least one month beyond the end of the state of emergency, except for those measures with a specific end date, and has approved more than 50 new measures regarding rent, a moratorium on quotas for self-employed workers and SMEs and on a subsidy for...
Canary Islands Ministry of Health confirms 1262 cases of coronavirus COVID-19
The Canary Islands Government Ministry of Health have this afternoon confirmed a cumulative total of 1262 cases of COVID-19 coronavirus detected at the close of the statistic at 20:00 on Monday. Of these, 483 have required hospital admission and 94 were admitted to ICU. 57 people have recieved hospital discharges and 55 have died upto yesterday, with the number of cases of death having been readjusted after reconfirmation that all of them were deaths due to COVID-19. 252 health professionals...
1025 cases of coronavirus COVID-19, as of yesterday’s final data, to 8:00 pm on Friday, March 27, 2020
The Canary Islands Government Ministry of Health daily briefing has this afternoon confirmed 1025 cases of coronavirus COVID-19 tested positive so far, as of yesterday's final data, to 8:00 pm on Friday, March 27, 2020. Cumulatively a total of 377 people have required hospitalisation and 68 have been referred to ICU. In addition, an accumulated total of 25 discharges and 36 deaths had been recorded at that time. 210 health personnel are among the COVID-19 cases detected thus far. So far the...
The Government of Spain is working on a rents suspension aimed at ‘small landlords’, and maybe Universal Minimum Income
A proposal to suspend rents for at least two months is on the table this weekend, before the Government of Spain, although its duration may be extended "until the month following the end of the state of emergency". Self-employed and small to medium businesses could benefit from the suspension of rents for their premises and offices If approved, some form of "financial compensation" could be introduced, based on the number of rental properties they lease, based on the proposal aimed at small...
Canary Islands confirms increase to 878 cases of the COVID-19
The Canary Islands Government Ministry of Health have confirmed the latest accumulated total of 878 cases of COVID-19 coronavirus who have tested positive, as reflected in the report sent to the Ministry of Health at 20:00 hours on Thursday. In total so far 328 people have required hospitalisation and 61 have been placed in ICU. In addition, there have been 20 cases recovered and discharged and 27 deaths. The total number of health personnel in the archipelago with COVID-19 stands at 181. With...
#Tourism0: 16,000 visitors who have not yet been able to return home, now confirmed able to continue in accommodation
Visitors to The Canary Islands who have not been able to yet return to their countries of origin, will be, for now, able to continue to stay at vacation homes, rural houses, hostels, hotels and other accommodation, regardless of the published list of declared essential services establishments. Since the declaration of the state of emergency on 14th of March, 400,000 tourists have left the islands though an estimated 16,000 still remain. The Canary Islands Government's Ministry of Tourism,...
